The end of private education at Storer College in Harpers Ferry
New campus for Appalachian Bible Institute opened in Bradley
Gray Barker wrote his best-known book, They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers
Blackwater Lodge opened at Blackwater State Park
Boundary dispute between West Virginia and Virginia involving Monroe, Giles, and Alleghany Counties
Chauncey H. Browning was Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court
Cabell Huntington Hospital first opened for business
Lodge at Cacapon State Park was completed with a restaurant and banquet hall
The "golden" trout was spawned with regular rainbow trout at state fire hatchery
Charles Town Opera House was condemned
City National Bank was organized in Charleston
Roy Clarkson joined Department of Biology at WVU
Mine at Bishop exploded
Associated Dry Goods bought the Diamond Department Store
Elizabeth Drewry helped pass constitutional amendment allowing women to serve on juries in West Virginia
Pete Everest graduated from Armed Forces Staff College
Pete Everest flew the X-2 at Mach 3
Ruel Foster wrote Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American Novelist
Charleston's Garnet High School closed
The state Board of Education authorized the construction of the student center, Pioneer Center, at Glenville State College
Joseph C. Gluck became pastor of the Forks-of-Cheat Baptist Church
The U.S. Government approached the C&O with proposal to build an "emergency relocation center" at the Greenbrier for reassembly of Congress
Davis Grubb wrote Shadow of My Brother
Minnie Buckingham Harper's second husband John B. Paterson died
Hazel Atlas Company operated 12 plants across the U.S.
Chuck Howley was named the Southern Conference Athlete of the Year
Sam Huff played with the New York Giants to win a championship game
The peak patient population at the Huntington State Hospital was 1,460
The federal Interstate Highway Act was passed
Jean Lee Latham won the Newbery Award for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham won the Newbery Award for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
The Library Services Act by Congress enabled the Library Commission to acquire federal funding for public libraries in West Virginia
Clagg and Britton produced an atlas of West Virginia emphasizing historical factors and statewide economic data
Camden Eli "Cam" Henderson died
William Marland tried to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat
G. Ogden Nutting started his newspaper career as a reporter and news editor for the Martinsburg Journal
Mason College of Music and Fine Arts merged with Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)
Thomas Miller graduated from the WVU College of Law
The West Virginia Mountain State Gospel Singers Corporation was chartered
Alfred Knobler opened the new Pilgrim Glass plant on Walker Branch Road in Ceredo
The community of Port Amherst received that name
The Pruntytown Industrial School for Boys was reintegrated
The N&W was West Virginia's last steam powered railroad
Mary Lee Settle wrote O Beulah Land
The Mann's Creek Railroad line closed
Planning for Sutton Dam continued
Direct distance telephone dialing was introduced in Wheeling and Moundsville
The Greenbrier art colony was reopened with the work of Gladys Tuke and Jeanne Eleanore Coyne
Cecil Underwood became a leading spokesman for the Republican Party
A silicones products plant was built in Sistersville
Andre Van Damme founded the Charleston Ballet
Jerry West led East Bank High School to the state basketball championship
The West Virginia Publishing Company changed name to West Virginia Education Foundation
The timber flooring of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge was replaced with open steel grid
West Virginia Institute of Technology was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Katherine Johnson's first husband died of a brain tumor
Ellie Schaul moved to West Virginia
